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Braves trying to spark Ronald Acuna Jr. while Mariners keep slugging
Atlanta manager Brian Snitker tried something different to help Ronald Acuna Jr. break out of his slump Saturday.,After sitting out Friday's game, Acuna batted sixth Saturday for the first time since his rookie year in 2018.,He didn't have any hits, but he did walk twice to keep rallies alive for th...

100 Thieves sweep Shopify in LTA North lower-bracket final
100 Thieves swept Shopify Rebellion 3-0 on Saturday in the lower-bracket final at the League of Legends' Championship of The Americas North 2025 Split 3 in Los Angeles.,The victory sends 100 Thieves into a showdown against FlyQuest in the grand final on Sunday.,The top three teams from the current t...

Team Vitality, G2 Esports are BLAST Open Fall finalists
Team Vitality and G2 Esports advanced to the grand final with sweeps in the semifinals on Saturday at the BLAST Open Fall in London.,The opponents were set for Sunday's championship after Team Vitality knocked off MOUZ 2-0, and G2 Esports did the same to FURIA.,The six-team, $330,000 Counter-Strike:...

Noah Fifita's 5 TD passes send Arizona to rout of Weber State
Noah Fifita completed four touchdown passes in the first half and matched his career-best total of five while leading Arizona to a 48-3 victory over Weber State on Saturday night at Tucson, Ariz.,The game started 2 hours, 10 minutes late due to a weather delay that included lightning in the area.,Fi...

Jonah Coleman (5 TDs), Washington run all over UC Davis
Jonah Coleman rushed for 111 yards and five touchdowns as Washington cruised to a 70-10 victory against UC Davis on Saturday night in Seattle, equaling the school's modern-day record for most points in a game.,Demond Williams Jr. completed 16 of 25 passes for 254 yards and a touchdown for the Huskie...

Purdue's 27 unanswered points put away Southern Illinois
Devin Mockobee ran for 126 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries Saturday night as Purdue surpassed its 2024 win total with a 34-17 decision over Southern Illinois in West Lafayette, Ind., ,Quarterback Ryan Browne added 170 yards in the air on 14-of-23 accuracy for the Boilermakers (2-0), throwing ...

North Carolina stifles Charlotte, gives Bill Belichick first win
Gio Lopez threw for a touchdown and legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick secured his first collegiate coaching victory as North Carolina defeated Charlotte 20-3 on Saturday night in Charlotte., ,Belichick became one of the biggest stories in college football when he took the coaching job with the Tar ...

Arkansas routs Arkansas State in inaugural matchup
Taylen Green passed for four touchdowns and rushed for one more, and Arkansas pulled away for a 56-14 win over Arkansas State in the first-ever showdown between the in-state programs Saturday afternoon in Little Rock, Ark.,Green completed 17 of 26 passes for 239 yards, four touchdowns and two interc...

Danny O’Neil helps Wisconsin handle Middle Tennessee
After a slow start, Wisconsin overwhelmed visiting Middle Tennessee with three touchdowns in a 12:04 stretch of the second half to roll to a 42-10 win on Saturday in Madison, Wis.,The Badgers (2-0) held a narrow 14-10 lead midway through the third quarter with the Blue Raiders (0-2) driving into Wis...

Reports: Lions WR Jameson Williams agrees to 3-year, $83M extension
Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams will open the season with a three-year contract extension worth up to $83 million after reaching agreement Saturday, according to multiple media reports.,The Lions, who visit the Green Bay Packers in their season opener on Sunday, had picked up Williams' ...

Jonah Coleman, Washington run all over UC Davis
Jonah Coleman rushed for 111 yards and five touchdowns as Washington cruised to a 70-10 victory against UC Davis on Saturday night in Seattle, equaling the school's modern-day record for most points in a game.,Demond Williams Jr. completed 16 of 25 passes for 254 yards and a touchdown for the Huskie...

Carson Beck shows off accuracy as No. 5 Miami crushes Bethune-Cookman
Carson Beck completed 22 of 24 passes for 267 yards and threw a pair of touchdown passes as the Miami Hurricanes took care of business Saturday night with a 45-3 victory over Bethune-Cookman at Miami Gardens, Fla.,The No. 5 Hurricanes (2-0) improved to 8-0 lifetime against the Wildcats (0-2), who we...

No. 6 Oregon relentless in thrashing of Oklahoma State
In another dominant offensive showing, No. 6 Oregon cleaned house and sent Oklahoma State packing with a dominating 69-3 win in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday afternoon.,The Ducks (2-0) once again came out firing on all cylinders, scoring touchdowns on six of their seven first-half drives and finishing w...

Connor Zilisch cannot be slowed with fourth straight win, regular-season crown
MADISON, Ill. -- Connor Zilisch's dream season continued on a track he had never raced before.,Holding off the rest of the NASCAR Xfinity Series field over a succession of restarts late in Saturday night's Nu Way 200 Sauced by Blues Hog at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Zilisch achieved a...

BYU stifles Stanford's offense in 27-3 victory
LJ Martin rushed for 110 yards and Will Ferrin kicked four field goals as BYU dominated Stanford from the outset in a 27-3 victory on Saturday night in Provo, Utah.,Martin rushed 18 times for his fourth career 100-yard game as BYU (2-0) earned its second blowout win and has outscored its opponents 9...

Jordan Walker hits walk-off double as Cards top Giants
Jordan Walker snapped an 0-for-25 slump with a walk-off two-run double to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Saturday night., ,The Cardinals (71-72) trailed 2-0 going into the ninth inning before scoring three times against Giants closer Ryan Walk...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto 1 out from no-hitter, but O's stun Dodgers
Emmanuel Rivera hit a game-winning two-run single in Baltimore's four-run bottom of the ninth and the Orioles, who didn't have a hit through 8 2/3 innings, rallied past the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers for a 4-3 victory Saturday night.,Yoshinobu Yamamoto came within one out of throwing a no-hitter, ...

Athletics bash 4 HRs, 21 hits in blowout of Angels
Nick Kurtz, Colby Thomas, Carlos Cortes and JJ Bleday each homered and Tyler Soderstrom went 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs to lead the Athletics to a 17-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif., ,Thomas went 2-for-5 with four runs scored and three RBIs and Jac...

Vicari Swain's 2 TDs on punt returns propel No. 10 South Carolina past SC State
Vicari Swain returned a pair of second-quarter punts for touchdowns, helping No. 10 South Carolina overcome a slow start and pull away with a 38-10 win over South Carolina State on Saturday night in Columbia, S.C.,Swain, who padded South Carolina's lead last Sunday in a 24-11 home win over Virginia ...

Steven Kwan's go-ahead single pushes Guardians past Rays
Steven Kwan chopped a go-ahead, RBI infield single with two outs in the ninth as the Cleveland Guardians won their second straight over the host Tampa Bay Rays, 3-2, on Saturday night., ,Against Pete Fairbanks (4-5) in a 2-2 game, Cleveland (71-70) got a leadoff single by Daniel Schneemann and a wal...